Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference

April 2016 | Intercontinental Hotel, Berlin, Germany 3 - 6

As the world’s population edges towards 9 billion, the strain on the
planet’s resources is steadily increasing. In both the developed and
developing world there is a growing demand for food, manufactured goods
and improved access to clean water and fuel. Over the past 30 years it
has become obvious that the products of human manufacture, even those
produced to benefit society, can have negative effects on human health
and the environment.

The field of Green and Sustainable Chemistry has developed to
help monitor, understand and limit the changes to our world due to the
varying levels of chemicals in our environment. It seeks for methods to
reduce waste, energy and use of resources. This will not only contribute
to a more sustainable growth of industry but also to a more green
economy and environment.

A unique aspect of this conference is its broad scope,
addressing the many diverse fields of Green and Sustainable Chemistry,
while other meetings in this field are focused mainly on the synthesis
aspects. The goal of the meeting is to bring together international
researchers, from academia and industry, to communicate and share the
latest developments across the broad and diverse fields of Green and
Sustainable Chemistry.

Topics include:

Mineral resources and recycling

Non-fossil sources for old and new organic molecules

Synthesis and solvents

Catalysis and engineering

Green and sustainable products

Sustainable substance and material flows

Renewable energies

New business models

Ethics, legislation and economics

Another unique feature of this conference will be the Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge.
Projects can be in any field of Green or Sustainable Chemistry so long
as they are applicable for use in developing countries. The top five
candidates will be invited to this conference to make presentations to
the panel of judges. The winners will be selected from these five
finalists and an award ceremony will held at the end of the conference.
The winning project in the challenge will receive EUR 50,000; the winner
of the second prize will receive EUR 25,000.